On my openSUSE 10.3 x86_64 system running v2.6.24-rc1-281-g22d2aa1, I get the sysfs rename messages.
Using Greg's patch, nothing changed. The log results are: sysfs: duplicate filename 'eth1' can not be created WARNING: at fs/sysfs/dir.c:424 sysfs_add_one() Call Trace: [<ffffffff802d1180>] sysfs_add_one+0x5c/0xc9 [<ffffffff802d20e1>] sysfs_create_link+0xd3/0x12e [<ffffffff80363855>] device_rename+0x17a/0x1db [<ffffffff80393a5d>] dev_change_name+0x101/0x1fe [<ffffffff80393d5e>] dev_ifsioc+0x204/0x2bf [<ffffffff80394352>] dev_ioctl+0x539/0x644 [<ffffffff80252e12>] __lock_acquire+0xd26/0xd47 [<ffffffff8028fab9>] fd_install+0x30/0x68 [<ffffffff80386ca2>] sock_ioctl+0x204/0x212 [<ffffffff8029d666>] do_ioctl+0x2a/0x77 [<ffffffff8029d904>] vfs_ioctl+0x251/0x26e [<ffffffff803eff8b>] trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x35/0x3a [<ffffffff8029d963>] sys_ioctl+0x42/0x67 [<ffffffff8020c15e>] system_call+0x7e/0x83 net eth1: device_rename: sysfs_create_symlink failed (-17) udev: renamed network interface wlan0 to eth1 =========================================================== Kay's patch shows the following BUG, as well as the rename message: BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/mutex.c:207 in_atomic():1, irqs_disabled():0 2 locks held by udevd/1965: #0: (rtnl_mutex){--..}, at: [<ffffffff8039c6f4>] rtnl_lock+0x12/0x14 #1: (&dev_base_lock){-.--}, at: [<ffffffff80393a1b>] dev_change_name+0xff/0x1f0 Call Trace: [<ffffffff80250854>] debug_show_held_locks+0x22/0x24 [<ffffffff8022d10c>] __might_sleep+0x10a/0x10c [<ffffffff803ef006>] mutex_lock_nested+0x28/0x2e1 [<ffffffff802f387d>] kobject_rename+0x6b/0xea [<ffffffff802d19b9>] sysfs_rename_dir+0x2d/0x178 [<ffffffff802f387d>] kobject_rename+0x6b/0xea [<ffffffff802f38b0>] kobject_rename+0x9e/0xea [<ffffffff80363760>] device_rename+0xc5/0x1db [<ffffffff80393a26>] dev_change_name+0x10a/0x1f0 [<ffffffff80393d10>] dev_ifsioc+0x204/0x2bf [<ffffffff80394304>] dev_ioctl+0x539/0x644 [<ffffffff80252e12>] __lock_acquire+0xd26/0xd47 [<ffffffff8028fab9>] fd_install+0x30/0x68 [<ffffffff80386c62>] sock_ioctl+0x204/0x212 [<ffffffff8029d666>] do_ioctl+0x2a/0x77 [<ffffffff8029d904>] vfs_ioctl+0x251/0x26e [<ffffffff803eff3b>] trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x35/0x3a [<ffffffff8029d963>] sys_ioctl+0x42/0x67 [<ffffffff8020c15e>] system_call+0x7e/0x83 WARNING: at kernel/mutex.c:135 __mutex_lock_common() Call Trace: [<ffffffff8022d10c>] __might_sleep+0x10a/0x10c [<ffffffff803ef062>] mutex_lock_nested+0x84/0x2e1 [<ffffffff802f387d>] kobject_rename+0x6b/0xea [<ffffffff802d19b9>] sysfs_rename_dir+0x2d/0x178 [<ffffffff802f387d>] kobject_rename+0x6b/0xea [<ffffffff802f38b0>] kobject_rename+0x9e/0xea [<ffffffff80363760>] device_rename+0xc5/0x1db [<ffffffff80393a26>] dev_change_name+0x10a/0x1f0 [<ffffffff80393d10>] dev_ifsioc+0x204/0x2bf [<ffffffff80394304>] dev_ioctl+0x539/0x644 [<ffffffff80252e12>] __lock_acquire+0xd26/0xd47 [<ffffffff8028fab9>] fd_install+0x30/0x68 [<ffffffff80386c62>] sock_ioctl+0x204/0x212 [<ffffffff8029d666>] do_ioctl+0x2a/0x77 [<ffffffff8029d904>] vfs_ioctl+0x251/0x26e [<ffffffff803eff3b>] trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x35/0x3a [<ffffffff8029d963>] sys_ioctl+0x42/0x67 [<ffffffff8020c15e>] system_call+0x7e/0x83 sysfs: duplicate filename 'eth1' can not be created WARNING: at fs/sysfs/dir.c:424 sysfs_add_one() Call Trace: [<ffffffff802d1180>] sysfs_add_one+0x5c/0xc9 [<ffffffff802d20e1>] sysfs_create_link+0xd3/0x12e [<ffffffff80363815>] device_rename+0x17a/0x1db [<ffffffff80393a26>] dev_change_name+0x10a/0x1f0 [<ffffffff80393d10>] dev_ifsioc+0x204/0x2bf [<ffffffff80394304>] dev_ioctl+0x539/0x644 [<ffffffff80252e12>] __lock_acquire+0xd26/0xd47 [<ffffffff8028fab9>] fd_install+0x30/0x68 [<ffffffff80386c62>] sock_ioctl+0x204/0x212 [<ffffffff8029d666>] do_ioctl+0x2a/0x77 [<ffffffff8029d904>] vfs_ioctl+0x251/0x26e [<ffffffff803eff3b>] trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x35/0x3a [<ffffffff8029d963>] sys_ioctl+0x42/0x67 [<ffffffff8020c15e>] system_call+0x7e/0x83 net eth1: device_rename: sysfs_create_symlink failed (-17) ============================================================= The following patch logs the problem with a minimum of log output. Index: linux-2.6/fs/sysfs/dir.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/sysfs/dir.c +++ linux-2.6/fs/sysfs/dir.c @@ -418,12 +418,8 @@ void sysfs_addrm_start(struct sysfs_addr */ int sysfs_add_one(struct sysfs_addrm_cxt *acxt, struct sysfs_dirent *sd) { - if (sysfs_find_dirent(acxt->parent_sd, sd->s_name)) { - printk(KERN_WARNING "sysfs: duplicate filename '%s' " - "can not be created\n", sd->s_name); - WARN_ON(1); + if (sysfs_find_dirent(acxt->parent_sd, sd->s_name)) return -EEXIST; - } sd->s_parent = sysfs_get(acxt->parent_sd); Larry - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/